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Out of the Ashes….and On To the Rebuilding
For those of you that have been following for awhile, you’ll remember that we had a pasteurella outbreak here on the H.H.A. last May. We lost around 30 rabbits and ended up culling...
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New Additions and Progress
This is Meg, she’s our California/New Zealand mix. She was bred at the same time as Easter (see previous post), but gave birth a few days afterwards. She had five in this litter. She had seven in her...
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Differences in Rabbit Fur
Let’s talk about Brownie and her kits. She’s our doe that came from a New Zealand mother and Standard Rex father. As seen in previous posts, she had her kits in the second week of July. They are up...
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Feeding Rabbits Natural Forage
As mentioned in a previous post, we’ve been having great luck with feeding the rabbits naturally this summer. I get a lot of strange looks when people drive by a field and see me out there with my...
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Another Attempt at Bees
Talking about bees in December? Seems a little cold for the subject? It may be, but now is the time to get things done before spring comes. I found hives on Craigslist for $80 a piece with the option...
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On Fodder
Fodder. I’ve put it off long enough. Fodder is the process of taking some sort of seed, like wheat berries, oats, or barley and sprouting it to feed to livestock. No dirt, just water. I’ve been...
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The Yard Rabbit is Expecting
We refer to the yard rabbit as B.B. (Black Bunny), or Netenyahu. I was able to catch her a few weeks back and I tossed her in with our otter Rex, a.k.a. Little Elvis. He has great natural colors and...
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Yard Rabbit Follow Up
Bibi is doing fine. Daryl decided that she didn’t want to be a janitor anymore, so she escaped to the wilds of the yard as well. Bibi has been on her own in our yard since December. My mother-in-law...
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